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Loop

A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls.

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Narrower term 5

Band 76% connected

A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or con…

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Belt 76% connected

That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.

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Bight 76% connected

A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.

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Lobe 76% connected

Any projection or division, especially one of a somewhat rounded form

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Noose 76% connected

A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.

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Broader term 22

Bind 76% connected

To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

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Camp 76% connected

The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc.

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Circle 76% connected

A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the ce…

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Circuit 76% connected

The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.

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Clique 76% connected

A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; -- generally used in a bad sense.

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Coterie 76% connected

A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique.

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Entwine 76% connected

To twine, twist, or wreathe together or round.

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Fastener 76% connected

One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.

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Fastening 76% connected

of Fasten

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Fixing 76% connected

of Fix

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Holdfast 76% connected

Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support.

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Knit 76% connected

of Knit

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Pack 76% connected

A pact.

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Process 76% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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Program 76% connected

Same as Programme.

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Programme 76% connected

That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order…

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Roll 76% connected

To cause to revolve by turning over and over; to move by turning on an axis; to impel forward by causing to turn over and over on a supporting surfac…

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Tie 76% connected

A knot; a fastening.

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Topology 76% connected

The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place.

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Twine 76% connected

A twist; a convolution.

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Wind 76% connected

To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twin…

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Wrap 76% connected

To snatch up; transport; -- chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.

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Manner of action 3

Crochet 76% connected

A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively.

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Hook 76% connected

A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…

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Noose 76% connected

A running knot, or loop, which binds the closer the more it is drawn.

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Derivationally related 6

Curl 74% connected

To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.

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Curl 74% connected

To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.

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Intertwine 74% connected

To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.

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Intertwine 74% connected

To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.

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Whorl 74% connected

A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.

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Whorl 74% connected

A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.

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Synonym 7

Coil 92% connected

To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.

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Cringle 92% connected

A withe for fastening a gate.

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Curl 92% connected

To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.

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Eyelet 92% connected

A small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc.

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Grommet 92% connected

A ring formed by twisting on itself a single strand of an unlaid rope; also, a metallic eyelet in or for a sail or a mailbag. Sometimes written grumm…

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Intertwine 92% connected

To unite by twining one with another; to entangle; to interlace.

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Iteration 92% connected

Recital or performance a second time; repetition.

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